Commenting on the resolution adopted by the UN Human Rights Council calling for accountability in Sri Lanka via an international investigation, the US Ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power said "accountability was overdue".
Describing the passage of the resolution as "significant", Ms. Power tweeted:
Significant that the Human Rights Council passed a resolution yesterday calling for a UN investigation into abuses in #SriLanka.
— Samantha Power (@AmbassadorPower) March 28, 2014
After 5 years in which the #SriLanka gov't has undermined democracy & refused to investigate war crimes allegations, accountability overdue.
— Samantha Power (@AmbassadorPower) March 28, 2014
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